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His richly decorative frescoes, courtly and elegant painted portraits and highly original portrait medals made him one of the most popular artists of the day. He travelled extensively and worked for several Italian courts, at Mantua, Ferrara, Pavia, Milan and Naples. Many of his paintings have been lost or damaged, making a reconstruction of his career difficult. He is now better known as a medallist.\r\n\r\nHe carried out several commemorative portrait medal commissions for Alphonso V of Aragon (b.1396-d.1458) whilst he ruled as Alphonso I Naples from 1143 to 1458. \r\n\r\nTwo-sided Renaissance portrait medals were a form developed by Pisanello, and commemorated individuals or events and functioned as gifts and mementoes. 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